Is twitter and Facebook nosy engines used by the government to track civilians?

[I love you I miss you]

I do not use these sites for I believe my privacy is always vulnerable. What happens if my friends turn to enemies, my crazy ex stalks, my employer folds and I must reveal my status as unemployment?

[Bridge]

Probably. Everybody tracks us nowadays. So much for our free nation and the constitution and privacy rights.

[Sue]

These sites are certainly doing a good job of getting people to reveal lots of personal information voluntarily. I suppose the government could use them...it could probably use yahoo answers for the same thing too.

[RatZ]

Yes. Don't put anything online you don't want EVERYONE knowing. You have the right idea. Don't ever use your real name if you can help it.